376, Report:
#1032350
Posted Date:
Dec 10 2003
Earthlink Could Not Connect DSL Service, Charged 3 Months & Early Cancellation Fee Atlanta Georgia
This is what I had sent to Earthlink in response to them forwarding me to a clollection agency for early cancellation.
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Dear Mr. Betty,
I have written this in response to various charges I have incurred and overall dissatisfaction I have experienced trying to establish r...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
377, Report:
#6716
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2003
Hudson Martin, will scam you in the name of Christ. *REBUTTAL ..Scammed in the name of the Lord is a common problem
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Fred Buckner and I am the president of Spectra of Arkansas Inc. My business is customized programming, computer sales, internet websites, and many other computer related fields.
Around the first of the year, in 1999 I first met a ...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
378, Report:
#69987
Posted Date:
Oct 24 2003
Cidco - Earthlink Mail Station Earthfink...Or How I Got Screwed, But I Didn't Get Kissed Atlanta Georgia
Being a single woman who had to work 2 jobs just to be able to barely make ends meet, I could not afford a computer. So I bought a Mail Station and had the service for a year. At the end of the first year, they automatically charged my credit card for another years worth of servic...
Entity
Categories: Communications & Networking
379, Report:
#69379
Posted Date:
Oct 17 2003
Earthlink ripoff frandulent billing and won't give a refund. Ironton Ohio Internet
I have tried and tried to resolve this problem, but get no where. If you get online with earthlink and try to change to another web link don't think you will get them to stop taking money out of your checking account because they don't. It takes an act of God to get them to understa...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
380, Report:
#68914
Posted Date:
Oct 13 2003
Earthlink - Earthlink DSL Internet Service - ELNK On The Stock Ticker - Charles Betty: CEO False adverising and very misleading business practices and unfulfilled promises and theives to top it off Atlanta Georgia
Earthlink called me on the phone one evening and offered me a great deal on internet access. I asked the saleswoman if it was guaranteed and she said yes and that if I had any problems and the modem did not work I could cancel and they would pay the return postage for return shiping...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
381, Report:
#65957
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2003
Direcway Hughes ripoff Fort Lauderdale Florida
Hughes/Direcway is the biggest rip off ever!
I have been in contact with the BBB, and they have been in contact with Direcway/Hughe personal.
I received a phone call from one of the top people or at least they say she is. (Darleen Swan) A wonderful person!
I explained to her wh...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
382, Report:
#65926
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2003
Sprint/ Earthlink ripoff double billed for 6 months never refunded not their problem Denver Colorado
I signed up for earthlink and they wanted to know if I wanted it to be billed on my long distance bill. I said sure thinking they were going to add it to my att! No apparently I changed to sprint without even knowing it. To top that off I told them they could take the money direct...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
383, Report:
#65802
Posted Date:
Aug 16 2003
Sprint - Earthlink Lies and theft out in the open, to thousands of people - where is the justice? London Kentucky
My wife and I recently moved and set up phone service with Sprint at our new home. (Sprint being the only provider we are able to find in this area) We also signed up for DSL with the through Earthlink.
I was personally told by the sales person that my bill (phone+internet, a...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
384, Report:
#64329
Posted Date:
Jul 22 2003
IPA International Profit Associates IPA IBA employee theft employee ripoff Customer ripoff Client ripoff cheated employees and screwed the customers even more Buffalo Grove Illinois*UPDATE: Rip-off Report Investigation - International Profit Associates recognized by Rip-off Report as a safe business service - IPA pledges to resolve all complaints, 100% commitment to customer service and satisfaction, feel confident and secure when doing business with IPA
I am a former employee of IPA that has started Legal Action against IPA....I have the detail, and 7 have joined me so far in my action.
I actually met with Burgess, Stein, Ryan, and Rudd to attempt to resolve the matter....To No Avail.....
If you want to get compensation f...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
385, Report:
#60381
Posted Date:
Jun 11 2003
USACredit ripoff consumer fraud ripoff Uniontown, PA 15401 Uniontown,PA 15401
I contacted USA Credit by phone after I read that there would some unsecured credit issued to me if I paid $179.90, which I did. I signed on to the web and found out that the site is a ripoff. I am reporting this because other people can avoid being ripped off by USA Credit. What...
Entity
Categories: Credit Services
386, Report:
#59363
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2003
Hughes Network Systems the ripoff business that doesnt give a dam Germantown Maryland
I purchased Hughes DircWay service a few years ago. After the installation of this service, I noticed numerous quality of service problems.
Technically this included interrupted file downloads and slow HTML page loads.
I checked the latency of their system and found that the...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
387, Report:
#59357
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2003
NCO Financial Systems ripoff fraud business Baltimore Maryland
NCO Financial claims that I owe Hughes Network Systems money for a service that was legally discontinued years ago.
NCO claims that I do not pay my bills in spite of the fact that I have sent documentation to both Hughes & NCO showing a legal cancellation of a broadband service m...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
388, Report:
#30069
Posted Date:
Jun 01 2003
Sprint Earthlink screwed me out of $200 Inglewood California
Earthlink (part of Sprint) is my internet service provider. when they set me up online, they picked the numbers that i would dial up to get online. i got my phone bill the other day, and they had picked all long-distance numbers, which cost me over $200.
i had to call my phone co...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
389, Report:
#58748
Posted Date:
May 28 2003
Acceris Communication Partners--- Somehow Affiliated With Or Aka. World Xchange San Diego, Ca consumer fraud ripoff San Diego California
Today I was discussing my phone bill with Sprint rep., and was told about a $642.00 charge put on by USBI for calls to the Solomon Islands. Sprint gave me # to call USBI. Called USBI. Was told all they do is bill for their customers. Gave me # for World Xchange out of San Diego, CA....
Entity
Categories: Computer Fraud
390, Report:
#58225
Posted Date:
May 24 2003
Earthlink ripoff consumer fraud ripoff Internet
I installed the earthlink cd I recieved in mail with the offer of 45 days/1000 hours free. With in 7 days they took out the $21.95 monthly pymt.
I called 1-800-earthlink. They looked up my info including the promo code I gave them that was on cd. When I installed it, it never ask...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
391, Report:
#1034506
Posted Date:
May 19 2003
Featureprice.com, Hosting-Network Inc. ripoff web host Fort Myers, Florida
In July of 2002, I acquired a domain name (MagickMemories.com) and hosting from FeaturePrice.com (aka Hosting-Network, Inc.), paying $179.40. Things started off pretty good and by September of 2002, I purchased several other domains and hosting from them, including HawaiiCallsFlorid...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
392, Report:
#57449
Posted Date:
May 19 2003
USA Credit Super Store Alfred Clarke ripoff and there is no such company and took $79.95 from me company is a rip off screwed others too Uniontown Pennsylvania
The company called me a couple of weeks ago to offer me this program that will help me in my credit. They said that they are a program that we can spend on their company services. The $79.95 that a spent for signing up to their program, I would recieve package from them with a cedit...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
393, Report:
#56676
Posted Date:
May 13 2003
Internet Treasure Chest Buyer BEWARE consumer rip-off fraud! Chino California
DO NOT BUY! Spoken from yet another victim of the Internet Treasure Chest SCAM!
You must spend $$hundreds to $$thousands extra to get up and running and then you are not even linked to search engines as promised. The search engines such as Yahoo, Earthlink, MSN, Hotbots, AOL need t...
Entity
Categories: TV Advertisements
394, Report:
#56351
Posted Date:
May 09 2003
Earthlink Unauthorized charges. Ripp-Off. Incompetent cusotmer service. Atlanta Georgia
In January of this year (2003)I signed up for a trial period of Earthlink internet service. I signed up for payment to be automatically deducted from my bank account. I decided to switch to my local cable company for internet service when they offered an attractive, more affordable ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
395, Report:
#56059
Posted Date:
May 07 2003
Video Professor Internet Order Misleading READ, READ, READ everything they send you or get had DEVNER Colorado
I agree almost wholeheartedly with all of the previous entries on Video Professor. I ordered my free lesson in Excel with a mind to beginning a library of such lessons for many of my clients to use. (for free as a part of my customer service) I do computer repairs and this seemed ...
Entity
Categories: Computer Classes
396, Report:
#21396
Posted Date:
May 01 2003
netflip.com They lied and ripped me off!!! ripoff business from hell Menlo Park California
How many people have heard of Netflip.com? This is a company that supposedly rewards you with a check once you have reached the amount of $20.00 for surfing through their offers and signing up for certain offers that they have. WRONG ANSWER!!!
My account balance was in the amount...
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
397, Report:
#53659
Posted Date:
Apr 20 2003
Sprint ripoff consumer fraud ripoff Las Vegas Nevada
I called Sprint about the special they were advertising for DSL service. Free installation,only $29.95 a month added to your phone service.
My regular bill was around $23.00 for local service.
For the past two months, I have recieved $127.00 and the next bill was $122.00.
Th...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
398, Report:
#53420
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2003
Earthlink/direcway ripoff Nationwide internet
If only I would have found this web site before we had the direcway - earthlink mess installed last July 2002.
I won't go into the horrid details of this terrrible experience. All I can say between the cost of installing the system, monthly chages from earthlink, having com...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
399, Report:
#52719
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2003
Tracy Huff Aka HSD Aka [email protected] ripoff ripped off and scammed lives in a trailer park and ripped me off false advertising, liar Las Vegas Nevada
WORDS TO THE WISE: DON'T BUY A CAR FROM A PRIVATE PARTY ONLINE. DON'T BUY A CAR ONLINE FROM OUT OF STATE. DON'T BUY A CAR FROM A PRIVATE PARTY WITHOUT A SIGNED, BINDING CONTRACT.
This alleged business man (says he is in real estate & wind turbine energy technology) lives in a ...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
400, Report:
#51538
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2003
Earthlink ripoff. Did not inform me that they do not support USB DSL connections, although it was specifically requested. No attempt made to provide any refund. false promises Atlanta Internet
Agressively marketed their on-line service after DirectTV stopped providing broadband service. I made a request for a USB modem, which was not what was sent (it took weeks to arrive). When I contacted them, I was asked to install an ethernet card, rather than incur an additional del...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services